Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-26
FLORIDA.

Strawberries have been as cheap as
CSC, per quart at DeLand already this
season.
o. Hull, a large grove owner OF De-
Land, has set out 5000 orange trees on the
coast since December.
The fruit industry is receiving consider
able attention from the people Of Archer,
and the crop OF peaches, grapes, ETC.,
promises to be very large.
E.S. Tyner was acquitted in the United
States Court at TAMPA a few DAYS since
OF the charge of OBTAINING and opening
letters while Postmaster at Plant City.
AT the same court III. Z. Lowering and
John Roberts were convicting of selling
liquor without paying the special tax and
sentenced each to pay "a fine of 500 and
to be imprisoned in the county jail for
thirtydays. Victor l.. Tillis, same charge,
failed to appear, and his bail OF $3.50 was
forfeited.
A difficulty occurred at O'Brian, in Su-
wannee county, last Friday night between
| Young white man named Bynum, a
nephew of DIR. w. f. Bynum, Of Live Oak,
and lot of boisterous negroes. Young
Bynum was employed as a clerk in one
of the steam mills at that place, and the
negroes were employed as work hands.
Finding them up late at night carousing
and gambling, he demonstrated with them
and ordered them to 20 to bed. A negro
boy named Ed. Callers took offense at the
reproOf and shot Bynum in the stomach,
inflicting fatal wound.
Apalachic0la Times: speaking about
hunger" remarked an eX-COnfe derate a
few days since, 81 now call to mind some
of my experience while in the Confeder-
! ate army. Our troops had been without
even half rations for two or three days,
and some even longer. There was not a
| pound OF meat or q pint OF meal in the
ordnance department, and we suffered
the most eXcruciating hunger. Dim phan-
toms floated before our vision We
could see in our dreams huge noun
talns of food, but alas they were a
| delusiVe mirage. l went to sleep
one night in just such a condition, with
a block for my pillow and the hard earth
for my bed | soon wandered off INTO
dTeapland. | was in room l5x20 COM
pletely filled with mince pies. 1 was in
the centre of the room, and the only way
| could get out was by eating a passage
through the pies. | was eating away
with a spirit of bound to get out or die
when L was awakened by the
alarm that the enemy was advancing and
to move. l had descended from tie
pinnacle OF pies to.the cold stern reality OF
having to flee from The enemy with an
empty stomach. Could we be blamed
from feeingW
AT Anthony, on Saturday night about
$3.50 o'clock, George Brokaw discovered
three unknown persons about the door OF
his fathers residence. Their movements
aroused his suspicion. He rushed into
the house for gun and returned to the
yard to investigate their movements, but
when be found them rapidly retreatIng
ard scaling high picket fences he fired
one barrel of his gun at the would-be
depredators and Immediately there came
a gunshot from the retreating parties,
whereupon second round was fired
from the other barrel by Brokaw,
which brought two or three other
shots from the enemy, some of
them appearing to be pistol shots.
The firing then ceased. On the following
morning an investigation showed that
the boards Of the fence were perforated
with buck and duck shut. The firing
caused great excitement In that quarter
OF the town, especially among the house,
hold. Some OF the inmates talked of seek
ing quarters OF more safety for the night.
The object Of the parties or even who they
were Is not yet ascertained. Some are OF
the opinion that the parties were in search
OF chicken for breakfast. Another theory
is that personal revenge was sought,
as the parties were so bold and so we'll
armed